page_title: Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C.
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C. / History
caption_attribution_description: Keirs Park, Hill of Beath, home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C.
context_page_description: Hill of Beath Hawthorn Football Club are a Scottish football club from Hill of Beath, near Cowdenbeath, Fife. Formed in 1975, they play their home games at Keir's Park. Their colours are red with white flashes.
  They currently compete in the East of Scotland League Premier Division, having moved from the SJFA East Super League in 2018.
context_section_description: The club played in the Kirkcaldy and District Amateur league until 1982 when they joined the Fife Junior League. The Haws won the Fife League eight times before becoming founding members of the East Region Super League in 2002. They spent all but one year in the Super League and finished runners-up three times, prior to their move to the East of Scotland League in 2018.
  
  Hill of Beath Hawthorn's greatest honour came in 1990, when they defeated Lesmahagow 1–0 in the final of the Scottish Junior Cup.
  The club were managed by Jock Finlayson from their formation in 1975 until the summer of 2015 when he was succeeded by Bobby Wilson. On 14 May 2017, Bobby Wilson left the club by mutual consent. On 20 May 2017, Kevin Fotheringham was named the new manager of the club. Kevin Fotheringham resigned as manager on 23 September 2019 after the Haws were knocked out the Scottish Cup by Gretna 2008.
  Former club captain, John Mitchell, was appointed as manager of the club on 16 October 2019.
caption: Keir's Park, home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn
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